Dynamoelectric machine drive



June 20, 1944. w, J MoRRlLL 2,351,997

DYNAMOELEGTRIG MACHINE DRIVE Filed March 12, 1943 Inventor-z Wayne J. Merv-ill,

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Patented June 20, 1944 2,351,997 DYNAMOELECTRIC momma DRIVE Wayn I. Morrill,

Fort Wayne, 1nd,, assig'nor to General Electric Company, a corporation of New York Application March 12, 1943, Serial No. 478,922

3 Claims.

My invention relates to dynamo-electric machines and particularly to a driving construction wherein a gear connected to the dynamo-electric machine shaft is adapted to be operated and held stationary in response to the energization and deenergization respectively of the motor irrespective of the rotation of the rotatable member of the motor.

An object of my invention is to provide an improved dynamo-electric machine with a friction coupling between the driving shaft of the machine and a driven gear.

Another object of my invention is to provide an improved dynamo-electric machine drive wherein the coupling of the machine shaft and a driven gear is controlled responsive to the energizaticn of a winding of the machine.

Further objects and advantages of my invention will become apparent and my invention will be better understood from the following description referring to the accompanying drawing, and the features of novelty which characterize my invention will be pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming part Of this specification.

In the drawing, Fig. 1 is a side elevational view of a dynamo-electric machine, partly broken away, illustrating an embodiment of my invention; and Fig. 2 is a sectional view, taken along line 2-2 of Fig. 1.

Referring to the drawing, I have shown a dynamo-electric machine having a stationary member provided with a frame Ill and end shields II and I2 arranged to support a rotatable member I3 mounted on a drive shaft I4. In the illustrated construction the stationary member of the machine is excited by a field exciting winding I5 which is adapted to be energized by any suitable source of electrical power supply to provide for rotation of the torque of the rotatable member is adapted to be transmitted to a driven gear member I li which is rotatably mounted about the shaft l4 and is journaled in a hearing I! mounted in the end shield I2. The coupling of the driven gear mem-r ber I 6 to the shaft I 4 is provided by a friction coupling construction which includes a driving disk formed of a flange I8 on the shaft II and provided with a driving disk friction surface I! mechanically connected through the disk It to the drive shaft I4. A second driving disk member is formed by a flange 20 integral with the driven gear I6 and provided with a driving disk friction surface 2I mechanically connected to the rotatable member I3. The

gear member l6 through the flange 20. A driving connection is provided between the two driving disks by a friction coupling disk member 22 arranged intermediate the two driving disk friction surfaces-I8 and 2|. A coil spring 23 is arranged about the outer end of the shaft It and is held between a pair of spring seat washers 24 and 25 arranged adjacent the end of the gear l3 and about the end of the shaft I4 and is held in position by a cap screw 26. This compression spring 23 resiliently biases the two disk friction surfaces I9 and 2i into engagement with the adjacent end surfaces of the coupling disk 22 and provides a driving connection therebetween. With this arrangement the torque of the rotatable member of the motor is transmitted to the drive shaft it through the disk friction surface I9, to the coupling disk 22, to the disk friction surface 2i, and through the flange 20 to the driven gear I6.

In certain applications it has been found desirable to stop the rotation of the driven gear connected to the motor shaft in a very short interval of time as compared to the time in which the rotatable member of the motor would normally come to rest. In some instances it is desirable that the driven gear should stop rotating in two and one-half to three revolutions from a speed of 8,000 to 10,000 revolutions per minute. In order to accomplish this without producing any destructive stresses in the rotatable member of the driving motor, the coupling disk 22 i provided with a pair of projecting engagement elements or splines 21 on the outer peripher thereof which are adapted to be engaged by a stopping pawl 28 when the exciting winding I5 of the motor is deenergized. This stopping pawl'28 is pivotally supported by a suitable pivot pin 23 on the motor end shield I2 and is resiliently biased toward the coupling disk 22 and into engagement with the projecting elements 21 by a coil spring 30 also secured to the end shield I2 by a pin 3|. Operation of the pawl 28 is controlled in response to the energization of the winding I5 by an electromagnetic device which includes a suitable solenoid 32 connected to the winding I5 50 as to be energized and deenergized simultaneously with the winding IS. A suitable armature 33 of magnetic material is associated with the solenoid '32 and is connected to the stopping pawl 23 so that when the solenoid 32 and the winding II are energized the armature 33 is actuated and the pawl 23 is disengaged from the coupling member projecting elements 21, and when the winding I 3 and the solenoid 32 are deenergized the armature 33 is not excited and the pawl 23 is released to its resiliently biased position in engagement with the coupling member projecting elements i1, as shown in Fig. 2. With this construction a driving connection is provided between the motor drive shaft id and the driven gear whenever the motor winding ll is energized. and when the winding ll isdeenergised the pawl 28 isreleased and stops the rotation of the coupling disk 22 within a half revolution of this disk. The friction'between the coupli g disk 22 and the driving disk friction surface 2i permits the gear II to coast under the inertia of the driven mechanism for one or two revolutions of the gear it and also permits the rotatable member of the motor to come to rest under its own inertia independently of the driven gear it. Thus I have provided a dynamo-electric machine drive in which the ma chine is adapted to rotate at a relatively high speed and in which the gear driven by the machine is stopped within a very short time after the machine winding is electrically deenergized.

While I have illustrated and described a particular embodiment of my invention, modifications thereof will occur to those skilled in the art. I desire it to be understood, therefore, that my invention is not to be limited to the particular arrangement disclosed. and I intend in the appended claims to cover all modifications which do not depart from the spirit and scope of my invention.

What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is:

1. A dynamo-electric machine having a frame with a winding adapted to be energized electrically and a drive shaft, a driven member, means including a friction coupling member for providing a driving connection between said drive shaft and said driven member mounted on said shaft, means including projecting engagement elements on said coupling member and a stepping pawl mounted in said frame and arranged to engage said projecting elements for stopping said coupling member, means for resiliently biasing said pawl into engagement with said coupling member projecting elements, and means responsive to electrical energization of said winding for controlling the operation of said stopping pawl.

2. A dynamo-electric machine having a frame with a winding adapted to be energized electricaiiy and a drive shaft, a driven member, means including a coupling member mounted on said shaft for providing a driving connection between said drive shaft and said driven member, means including projecting engagement elements on said coupling member and a pivotally mounted stopping pawl mounted in said frame and arranged to engage said projecting elements ror stopping rotation of said coupling member and said driven member, means for resiliently biasing said pawl into engagement with said coupling member projecting elements, and means arranged within said frame and responsive to electrical energization of said winding for controlling the operation of said stopping pawl by disengaging said pawl from said coupling member projecting elements on energization of said winding and by releasing said pawl to its resiliently biased position in engagement with said coupling member projecting elements on deenergization of said winding.

3. A dynamo-electric machine having a frame with a winding adapted to be energized electrically and a drive shaft. a driven member including a gear rotatably mounted on said shaft, means including a friction driving disk member mechanically connected to said shaft and a friction driving disk member mechanically connected to said driven member gear with a coupling disk arranged between said two friction driving disk members for providing a driving connection between said drive shait and said driven member gear all arranged within said frame and mounted on said shaft, means including a spring for resiliently biasing said two driving disk members into frictional engagement with said coupling disk, means including projecting engagement elements on said coupling disk and a pivotally mounted stopping pawl arranged to engage said projecting elements for stopping rotation of said coupling disk and said gear, means for resiliently biasing said pawl into engagement with said coupling member projecting elements, and means responsive to electrical energization of said winding for controlling the operation of said stopping pawl by disengaging said pawl from said coupling member projecting elements on energization 01' said winding and by releasing said pawl to its resiliently biased position in engagement with said coupling member projecting elements on deenergization of said winding.

WAYNE J. MORRILL. 

